My favorite soup is my own invention
It has no name, but it is a combination
Navy beans and ham, sliced potatoes,
Onions with lots of salt and pepper.
Cornbread is a necessiity, to go under it.
If you have honey and horseradish, add it.
To the soup or the cornbread?
I do not care, both. Corn must be added too.
I almost forgot that part. It is my favorite soup, but it has no name.
when the world
ran out of
everything
hugs, handshakes and cuddles
were no more
there was COVID
the nineteenth offspring
of eighteen previous pathogens
a mutation for the nations
picket fences were gone
and even the plentiful
lacked
in embraces
a chicken stood a chance
hidden somewhere in the
coops of a semi
red meat became
Navy beans
overnight
freedom was
an endangered gift
where death rested on
the doorknob
love must be made
within the limits
of social distancing
and so,
you miss the touch
so preciously shared
before the world ran out of
caresses.
3/21/20
I love my own chili,
I know it sounds silly,
heat in pot
nice and hot
it is truly a dilly.
I love my own meatloaf.
I throw on a sugar top.
Other people would
not do it,
or know how to stop.
I do, you big oaf.
After all, this sugary
brown sugar ketchup combination
is what makes it my meatloaf.
I love my own cooking.
Restaurants are rarely okay.
My most favorite me-cooked-meal
Navy beans and ham, in a gravy
over cornbread,
Good thing my husband likes
it too, or things would be coming
to a head.